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Cichlidae
Sapayo cichlid
Andinoacara sapayensis
Sky blue slashes climb across yellow cheeks
- Tropical
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Pacific Ocean
- South America
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
SmallSapayo cichlid is a freshwater fish from South America. It inhabits freshwater habitats. The largest recorded length is 10 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Cichlids and Allies
- Family
- Cichlidae
- Genus
- Andinoacara
- Maximum length
- 10 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Distribution
- South America: Pacific slope, in the Cayapas River drainage in northwestern Ecuador.
- Conservation status
- DDData Deficient
Class
Order
Family
Conservation status
